Trigger-actuated, noise-producing toy gun



Aug. 8, 1950 D. R. SLAUSON 3 TRIGGER-ACTUATED, NOISE-PRODUCING TOY GUN Filed Feb. 15, 1945 IN VEN TOR.

Patented Aug. 8, 1950 UNITED S ATES ;,.PATENT OFFICE 'TRIGGER-AC'IUAT-ED, NOISE-PRODUCING I TOY GUN liudleylt Slausom San Gabriel, Calif. ApplicationFebruary-IS, 1945. SerialNo. 577,638

. My: invention. relates. to toys andparticularly a toy gunmade to simulatea repeating, automatic.-

firearm...

Amongthe objectsprmy invention is to provide. a new and improved toy gun which. has a, simplified. trigger mechanismso constructed that by repeatedly pulling. the trisgeranoisecan bemade,

to, simulate the firing of arep at ng fi earm.

Another; object, of, my invention is. to provide a new and improved toy gun wherein the moving par s equ red. to pe mit, the p rator. to pull a trigger and thereby create a noise are kept to substantiallya minimum.

Still another object ofmy invention is to. provide atoy. un adapted to. simulate a repeating firearm wherein a noise-making metallic element is coupled together with a trigger in such a manner that a maximum amountv of noise maybe sew cured from the noise-making element.

A still further object of my invention is to pro.-

vide a new and improved toy gun provided with a noise-making apparatus attached to. the trigger which is simple in structure and design and relativelyinexpensive to manufacture. 7 With these and other objects in. view, my invention consists in theconstruction; arrangement and combination of the various parts of my device whereby the objects contemplated, are attained, as hereinafter more fully setforth, pointedout in my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which: a

Fig. l a side elevational view of an embodiment of my device. I

i Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevational view of the mid portion of the device shownin section.

Fig. i 3 is a cross-sectional view of 1 taken on the line III-IIIof Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged mid portion of a modified form of my device shown in section.

View taken on the the device Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional line VV of Fig. 4.

r A very popular toy amongyoung boys has been found to consist of a gunin general appearance having the design of an automatic rifle and provided in particular with a noise-making apparatus by means of which the operator can simulate, the rapid firing of an automatic rifle. It is common knowledge that children's toys of this kind are very badly abused. and where they are provided with some operating mechanism such as that necessary to produce a noise, the moving parts excite curiosity and as a result of tampering witharesoon out of order. It is therefore be I comes advisable inconstructing toysof this sort 3 Claims. (01. 46 -189) bet and to; construct themso simply and so rug godly that they will withstand considerable abuse;

and so that they canbe repaired and replaced readily and conveniently, should they be, knocked out of order.

To be realistic, of course, the. toy must. be capable of making arepeated, loud noise and thereby satisfy the urgeof exuberant small boys to emulate soldiers at war. a

To this end there is incorporated in an embodiment chosento illustrate my invention a toy firearm comprising agun stock [0 having a barrel. portion H, a shoulder stock |2-and a pistol grip. l4. pistol grip there is providedv a recess 1 4 and adjacent the recess and forward of the pistol grip, a trigger guard IS.- A, trigger it has one end pivotally supported by means of'a pin l1 within the recess and has the other end curved and extending through the portion enclosed by the trigger guard and outwardly through a slot in the guard so thatthe trigger may reciprocate. I

An annular ring H) which may be made of wood similar tothe gun stock is shown attached to the stock immediately adjacent the trigger guard. The annular ring is presumed to simulate the, magazine of a gun. The ring is attached to the stock so that it extends. 'below the stock and onthe barrel side of the trigger guard with the fiat face of the ring: at substantially right angles to; the axis of the barrel.

nular ring adjacent the barrel end of the gun stock and is likewise attached to the rim 2! which supports the bowed disc. The cover disc therefore serves as a means for mounting the bowed disc in place and is perforated so that sound created within the annular ring may escape. V a

On the opposite face of the annular ring a perforated cover disc 25 is attached, thereby enclosing the space within the annular ring. A snapping of the bowed disc will produce the necessary noise. In order that the snap-ping of the disc will be accomplished by pulling the trigger [6, a wire 26 is attached to the trigger at, the point 21 which is located between thecurved 901,-

In the gun stock immediatelyadjacent the tion of the trigger within the trigger guard and the pivoted pin I1. The wire or string, as the case may be, then extends through a suitable aperture 18 in the cover disc and through the bowed disc 23 to which it is permanently attached at the point 28. It will be noted that the point 28 is preferably eccentric with respect to the centerline of the disc. Moreover, if desired, the wire 26 may be doubled and extended outwardly in the form of a V and attached at two separate points to the disc 23.

When it is desired to use the mechanism just described, the operator grasps the pistol grip, ex-

tending his finger around the trigger I6. When. the trigger is pulled, that is to say pivoted about the point I! in a counterclockwise direction as viewed in Fig. 2, tension on the wire connection 26 biases the bowed disc, 23 toward the shoulder stock end of the gun. Due to inherent resiliency in the bowed disc, it will return to the normal position shown in Fig. 2 whenever the trigger has been released. A noise willaccompany each pull and release of the trigger. The bowed disc will always return, due to the inherent resiliency of the material of which it is made.

Further, by reason of the locating eccentrical- 1y of the connection between the wire 26- and the bowed disc at the point 28, a noise of greater magnitude and more sustained can be accomplished. than by distorting the bowed disc at the center. Furthermore, the eccentric location of end. 28 of the wire connection permits pull between the trigger and the disc in a direction more nearly perpendicular to each of the last named elements 50 that there will be notendency to pull any element out of place. Because of the fact that the annular ring 19 is rather large, the bowed disc must either be made equally large so as to fill the space or else be located at the center, which would make a connection between it'and the trigger a much more difficult one.

In the modified form of my device there is shown a gun stock 30 having a shoulder portion 3! and barrel element 32, together with a pistol grip-33. A recess 34, similar to recess [4, is located in the stock at the advance side of the pistol grip. An annular ring 35 is attached in a position normal with respect to the axis of the gun stock extending below the stock and in advance of a trigger uard 36. The annular ring has a cover 3i which may or may not be perforated, as occasion requires, covering one side of the annular ring 35. A supporting disc,.38, is attached to the annular ring on the other side. On the supporting disc is a bracket 39 which supports a spring strip M! at one end ill adjacent the wall of a space 42 within the annular ring. The strip is supported at a point 43 intermediate. the ends, leaving a free end i4 extending upwardly as viewed in Fig. 4..

To actuate the spring strip there is provided a connection consisting of a wire i permanently attached at a point 46 to a trigger i! and'extending through the guard disc 38 into the space 42 wherein it is attached at a point 68 to the free end of the strip. It should be noted that the point is eccentric to the longitudinal centerline of the strip.

The trigger 47' has one end 19 looped around a pin 56 forming a pivot support within the recess 34. Ihe trigger then extends downwardly and outwardly so that a curved lower end 5! is within the trigger guard '38. 4

The operation of the modification is substantially the some as that of the form previously the snapping noise is made.

4 discussed. Pulling on the trigger 5| will bend the strip about its point of support 43 in order to make a snapping noise. The snapping noise Will be exaggerated by making the connection 48 to the end 44 of the strip 40 slightly 01f center with relation to the longitudinal axis of the strip. The inherent resiliency of the strip will pull the trigger back into its initial position after each snap. Because of the wire connection between the strip and one point on the trigger-element, there is provided a certain springiness in the trigger action. Therefore, if the trigger should be pulled too hard, there will be a certain give to the trigger itself between the point of support and the finger end, whereas the strip 40 will likewise give a slight amount beyond the position it has when The trigger will always be returned to its initial position due to the inherent resiliency in the strip 40. The disc operates as a unit for mounting'the strip 40 in its proper location in the annular ring and likewise serves as a cover for the space within the ring. The cover may be perforated or not as desired, depending upon the quantity of noise which would be satisfactory.

The device shown in either of the modifications may be quickly disassembled for either repairing or replacement of parts by removing the discs on the annular ring together with the pivot at the end of the trigger element, whereupon all of the working parts may be taken out of the gun.

The simplified structure thus described permits the construction 'of a toy gun of simple design and with so few parts that it may be completely disassembled by removing two or three screws. Theparts have been kept to a minimum number and are soconstructed and combined with each other that anex-tremely simple and durable construction results.

' I claim:

1. A toy gun adapted to simulate the noise of a repeating firearm comprising a gun stock having a trigger recess, a recessed block simulating a magazine extending normal to the axis of the gun stock, a sound initiator comprising a bowed disc within the recessed block and a perforated cover plate attached to the rim of the disc positioned on one face of the recessed block, said disc having the bowed part extending toward the barrel end of the gun stock, a trigger element pivoted to the stock'within the trigger recess having a finger portion and a string connected atone end to the, trigger element remote from the pivot point and the other end of the string extending into fixed contact; with the bowed disc at a point eccentric relative to the center.

2-. A to gun adapted to simulate the noise of a repeating firearm comprising a gun stock having a trigger recess and'guard, an annular ring simulating a magazine extending normal to the axis of the gun stock atone side of the guard, a sound initiator comprising a bowed disc within the annular ring'and a perforated cover disc attached to the rim of said ring positioned on one face of the annular ring for positioning and holding the disc, said disc having the bowed part extending toward the barrel end of the gun stock, a trigger elementhaving one end pivoted to the stock within the trigger recess and the other end extending outwardly relative to the stock having a finger portion within the guard and a wire connected'atone end to the trigger element between I the finger portion and the pivoted end thereof and'the'othe end oi the wire'extending into fixed contact with the bowed disc at a point eccentric relative to the center.

3. A toy gun adapted to simulate the noise of a repeating firearm comprising a gun stock having a trigger recess and guard, an annular ring simulating a magazine extending normal to the axis of the gun stock on the barrel side of the guard, a sound initiator comprising a bowed disc and a wire connected at one end to the trigger element between the finger portion and the pivoted end thereof and the other end of the wire extending through the guard disc into fixed contact with the bowed disc at a point eccentric relative to the center.

DUDLEY R. SLAUSON.

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